College basketball: 5 questions for Butler

4:20 PM,
Oct. 11, 2012

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After reaching college basketball's national championship game in successive years, Butler declined to 22-15 last season and did not qualify for the NCAA tournament. As formal practice opens Friday, here are five questions for the Bulldogs.How will they fare in Atlantic 10?

Opinions diverge wildly. TV analysts Doug Gottlieb and Dick Vitale put Butler at the top of the Atlantic 10. A preseason poll of coaches and media ranked Butler sixth. Brad Stevens, 36, said he likes the Bulldogs' personnel and attitude.

"If we can compete and give it everything we've got, and then compete and move ...